Vehicle-shafts



(No Model) J.W'. HEWITT.

VEHICLE SHAFTS.

Patented Oct. 22, 1889.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACKSON W. HEWITT, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-SHAFTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,229, dated October 22, 1889.

Application filed June 27, 1889. Serial No. 315,811. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACKSON W. HEWITT, of the city of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vehicles; and the object of my invention is to furnish a simple and convenient foot-rest for use in road-carts, sulkies, and similar vehicles. I attain this object in the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is an isometric view of the shafts of a vehicle embodying my invention.

A A are the shafts, and B is the cross-bar of said shafts. C is the usual brace-rod, bent as shown, and secured at its center to the center of the cross-bar'B and at its ends to the shafts A A.

D D are metal rods fastened to the bracerod 0- and shafts A A and forming a loop between said rod and shafts, which loop forms a rest or brace for the foot of the driver.

E is a hanger secured at the under side to the center of the crossbar B. F is a singletree pivoted at its center to the hanger Eand lying below. the cross-bar B. Said cross-bar is provided with a double bend H H between its center and each of its ends, which bends bring the ends of the cross-bar below the shafts, in which position they are secured to said shafts, and bring the center of the crossbar up to meet the center of the brace-rod C. By this construction the drivers legs, when his feet are resting against the braces D D,

claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. III a vehicle, as described, the combination of the shafts, a brace-rod 0, having its ends secured at the upper surface of the shafts, a crossbar having its ends secured at the lower surface of the shafts, said bracerod and cross-bar being secured together at their centers, and rods D, secured to and forming loops between said shafts and bracerod, substantially as and. for the purpose described,

2. The combination of the shafts, a bracerod 0, having its ends secured to the upper surface of said shafts, a crossbar B, provided with double bends HH between its center and each of its ends and having its ends secured at the lower surface of the shafts, said bracerod and said cross-bar being secured together at their centers, the rods D D, secured to and forming loops between said brace-rod and shafts, the hanger E, extending downward from the center of said cross-bar, and

the singletree secured to said hanger, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JACKSON IV. HEWITT.

VVit-n esses:

H. A. EFFNER, RAY BLAKEMAN. 

